Senior Reliability Engineer – Extreme-Environment Electronics

Gerrell & Hard; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Gerrell & Hard is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to own reliability activities for advanced high-temperature electronic systems. Based in Milton Keynes or Great Yarmouth, with hybrid working and occasional travel, you will lead reliability testing, failure analysis and design-for-reliability efforts across engineering teams.

You will work on products for demanding sectors, applying Arrhenius and Weibull analyses, and driving improvements through DFMEA, FMEA and reliability data

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or Materials Science or related field.
• Significant experience in reliability engineering for high-reliability electronics.
• Hands-on reliability testing, failure analysis and data interpretation.
• Experience with HALT, HASS, FMEA and FTA.
• Knowledge of high-temperature electronics and harsh-environment applications.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute reliability test plans for high-temperature electronic hybrids.
• Conduct stress testing, life testing and failure analysis.
• Lead DFMEA, FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis activities.
• Provide reliability input at design reviews and technical sessions.
• Collaborate across design, manufacturing and quality teams; engage suppliers as needed.

Skills

Reliability engineering

High-reliability electronics

Failure analysis

Thermal management

DFMEA

FMEA

Kaizen

Arrhenius analysis

Weibull analysis

Reliability testing

Education

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Materials Science

Tools

Windchill

X-ray

SEM

Job description

Gerrell & Hard is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to own reliability activities for advanced high-temperature electronic systems. Based in Milton Keynes or Great Yarmouth, with hybrid working and occasional travel, you will lead reliability testing, failure analysis and design-for-reliability efforts across engineering teams.

You will work on products for demanding sectors, applying Arrhenius and Weibull analyses, and driving improvements through DFMEA, FMEA and reliability data